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December 1970, Vol 120, No. 6 >
Article | December 1970

Maternal Filicide FREE

Steven A. Myers, MD
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Received for publication June 16, 1970.

Reprint requests to Department of Psychiatry, Lafayette Clinic, 951 E Lafayette, Detroit 48207 (Dr. Myers).


Am J Dis Child. 1970;120(6):534-536. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1970.02100110082008.
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Of a total of 83 preadolescent victims of felonious homicide in the city of Detroit from the year 1940 to 1965, 35 were slain by their mothers. In the vast majority of instances, these mothers were judged to be overtly psychotic at the time of the act. Most frequently they were suffering from a psychotic depression. A considerable number appear to have been schizophrenic. Early recognition of the hallmarks of these illnesses is essential in the prevention of maternal filicide.

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Myers SA:  The child slayer: A 25-year survey of homicides involving preadolescent victims . Arch Gen Psychiat 17:211-213,1967;.
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Resnick PJ:  Child murder by parents: A psychiatric review of filicide . Amer J Psychiat 126:3,1969;.
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Resnick PJ:  Murder of the newborn: A psychiatric review of neonaticide . Amer J Psychiat 126:1414-1420,1970;.
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Yalom ID, Lunde DT, Moos RH, et al:  Postpartum blues syndrome . Arch Gen Psychiat 18:16-27,1968;.
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Normand WC:  Postpartum disorders , in Freedman AM, Kaplan HI (eds): Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry . Baltimore, William & Wilkins Co, 1967;, p 1162.
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McDermaid G, Winkler EG:  Psychopathology of infanticide . J Clin Exp Psychopath 16:22-41, 1955;.

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Myers SA:  The child slayer: A 25-year survey of homicides involving preadolescent victims . Arch Gen Psychiat 17:211-213,1967;.
2 +
Resnick PJ:  Child murder by parents: A psychiatric review of filicide . Amer J Psychiat 126:3,1969;.
3 +
Resnick PJ:  Murder of the newborn: A psychiatric review of neonaticide . Amer J Psychiat 126:1414-1420,1970;.
4 +
Yalom ID, Lunde DT, Moos RH, et al:  Postpartum blues syndrome . Arch Gen Psychiat 18:16-27,1968;.
5 +
Normand WC:  Postpartum disorders , in Freedman AM, Kaplan HI (eds): Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry . Baltimore, William & Wilkins Co, 1967;, p 1162.
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McDermaid G, Winkler EG:  Psychopathology of infanticide . J Clin Exp Psychopath 16:22-41, 1955;.

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